Principle

LABOUR LAW — Master and Servant — Wrongful Dismissal — Declaration of Nullity Not Available in Ordinary Employment

Area of law
LABOUR LAW
Court
Supreme Court

This principle distinguishes ordinary employment (governed purely by contract) from statutory employment (governed by statute). In ordinary employment, the employer's power to dismiss is contractual; wrongful dismissal is a breach sounding in damages only. The court cannot order reinstatement or declare the dismissal a nullity…

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